Quick Facts
DirectorBlake Edwards
Runtime2h 40m · NR
GenresAction · Adventure · Comedy · Family · Romance · Western
Release1965-07-01
Film
The Great Race
1965· NR· 2h 40m· Action· Adventure· Comedy· Family· Romance· Western
“The movie with 20,000-miles or one-million-laughs guarantee!”
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
1965-07-01
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Key Crew
DirectorBlake Edwards
ScreenplayArthur A. Ross
ProducerMartin Jurow
Director of PhotographyRussell Harlan
Original Music ComposerHenry Mancini
EditorRalph E. Winters
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 30 crew)
Details
Released1965-07-01
Runtime2h 40m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosJalem Productions · Patricia Productions · Reynard Productions
Budget$12M
Box office$25M
LanguagesEnglish · Italian
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.1/10 · 374 votes
Original languageen
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